Google is hiring for a principal UX role focused on transforming Discover into a more proactive, personalized recommendation engine.

Zeta Global pushed enterprise AI initiatives at Advertising Week while executives privately worried about Apple's ad-targeting restrictions.

Google is testing AI-powered suggestions for campaign goals and assets within Google Ads.

Google updated its Merchant Center documentation to clarify that products with poor image quality will still appear in search results and ads.

Google is hiring for teams to generate and recommend AI-powered content within its Discover platform.

Google clarified that HTML sitemaps can still serve a purpose for SEO despite XML sitemaps becoming the standard.

Google Ads now offers preview functionality for AI-generated text assets in Performance Max campaigns.

Bing is experimenting with stripping favicons from its search result snippets, reducing the visual richness of the results page.

LinkedIn's VP of Engineering outlined the platform's approach to detecting and training AI systems to combat AI-generated spam.

Bing is testing personalized "related searches" based on user browsing history, displayed below ads in search results.

Newsletter platforms Substack and Beehiiv are exploring programmatic ad networks as AI and metadata improve ad targeting.

Google redesigned the Reader Revenue Manager homepage to highlight AI Mode, AI Overviews, and Gemini integration, plus restructured navigation.

Google is testing a redesigned search bar in its mobile app with a new 'Ask Google' label and visual updates.

Google rolled out a Tasks Mode for Gemini app users, available at $19.99/month and up, integrating with 40+ services including Shopify.

Google released pricing for Gemini 4 Argon, a paid-only model with input costs of $2 per million tokens, output at $10M, and aggressive discounts for cached input.

Apple launched a new TV 4K at $299 with Siri AI across eight English-language markets, prompting questions about how voice search might reshape TV advertising.

Google made its Gemini 4 Argon model available through AI Mode for paid subscribers and to developers and enterprises.

Publicis describes its AI transformation as uneven, with Sapient underperforming while agentic AI systems help win pitches without traditional presentations.

Meta released new Muse Wonder AI models capable of handling more complex tasks, but privacy and data safety concerns persist.

An Anthropic executive recommends using Artifacts to consolidate project information and agent oversight in one interface.

Bing is testing a design variant that removes the outline border normally surrounding local pack results.

Lenny's Newsletter publishes an interview with Meta design director Alex Cornell on the product thinking behind Muse, Meta's consumer AI agent.

Bing is experimenting with faded line separators in its search results interface.